Sunday Summerstage Concert and Punk Island Festival were a warm up for today's 11 Hours of Make Music New York, June 21.
All New York neighborhoods are joining in the fun with a cornucopia of events.
- A piano block party, with four grand pianos in the middle of a West
Village street.
- Jazz block parties with Arturo O’Farrill ’s Latin big band,
Grammy-winning trumpeter Roy Hargrove, and African Jazz with pianist
Randy Weston.
- Over 100 local rock bands blanketing Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg.
- The East Coast premiere of Henry Brant’s Orbits for 80 trombones at
the Guggenheim.
- Hundreds of guitarists playing Beatles songs in Union Square, a
40-member “Accordion Forest” in Park Slope, and other massive groups
assembled by Make Music New York.
- French pop star Yannick Noah at Central Park SummerStage.
New additions to the Menu for this 4th edition of Make Music New York include a Xenakis series in Central Park, a New Orleans-style Second Line
parade, interactive music in the Meatpacking District, Take Your
Musician to School Day.
Enjoy Fete de la Musique, Make Music New York 2010!
Don't forget all events are FREE.